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cetera et cetera and if we can just put a giant footprint in the middle of iraq we've got it and you know arguably that was the the more reasonable rationalization for in that argument the other is mickey herskowitz the guy who was hired by george and barbara bush sr to write george bush's autobiography a charge to keep in one thousand nine hundred nine when he was making the decision to run for president and he wrote the first draft hundred hours of tapes of george w. bush and he's on the record as saying that in ninety nine george w. bush told him that when his father invaded iraq he failed because he didn't extend the war long enough if he'd extended it into the next election cycle he would have won and that if george w. bush became president he wasn't going to have a failed presidency like his father he was going to have a war in iraq against saddam hussein it was going to get enough political capital that not only would he get reelected but that he could privatizing. security and that's actually the sequence of events that he followed for years after mickey herskowitz came out w
cetera et cetera and if we can just put a giant footprint in the middle of iraq we've got it and you know arguably that was the the more reasonable rationalization for in that argument the other is mickey herskowitz the guy who was hired by george and barbara bush sr to write george bush's autobiography a charge to keep in one thousand nine hundred nine when he was making the decision to run for president and he wrote the first draft hundred hours of tapes of george w. bush and he's on the...
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apparently not only didn't know that bin laden had in fact declared war on iraq in one thousand nine hundred i mean that's what got him expelled from saudi arabia what you had this wasn't a sport it was an absurd theory and it was a theory that was brought to president bush with no support but they advanced it as you know this is the truth and so the cia is sitting there is it is if i said you know your car is being towed away. well actually what that has to do with is the fact that i haven't had you know i'm not being paid enough today you know it is two things that have nothing to do with the other not about me has to come in and stop its feet with actual presidential daily brief saying no we are not being fools no be loving isn't pretending this is not of this information campaign that when you have the top intelligence operatives the united states telling that to the president of the united states two months before a major attack you've got a problem yeah and he clearly did more of our special edition of conversations with great minds or that was. you know sometimes you see a sto
apparently not only didn't know that bin laden had in fact declared war on iraq in one thousand nine hundred i mean that's what got him expelled from saudi arabia what you had this wasn't a sport it was an absurd theory and it was a theory that was brought to president bush with no support but they advanced it as you know this is the truth and so the cia is sitting there is it is if i said you know your car is being towed away. well actually what that has to do with is the fact that i haven't...
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the war in iraq. the feet for the democratic nomination in which barack obama prevailed over hillary clinton. this first obama term in office. as a reminder that many of the issues our country faces today were with us then. take a look at how our very first show began. a blank check. president bush wants a double barrel of power to go after iraq. the doctrine too brazen? were we warned? and the details on what the c.i.a. and the f.b.i. knew about a possible attack on the world trade center before 9-11:who will take the heat? clinton, bush? or the spies who couldn't see straight? the sounds of the democrats. tom daschle calls the bush economy atrorks but has no democratic alternative. unable to challenge the president's war or his tax cuts, are the democrats afraid to fight for anything? we were debating invasion of iraq back then. the panel on that first show, david brooks, then of the whitley standard and the new republics, michelle cotto. i asked about the advice george w. bush was getting from some
the war in iraq. the feet for the democratic nomination in which barack obama prevailed over hillary clinton. this first obama term in office. as a reminder that many of the issues our country faces today were with us then. take a look at how our very first show began. a blank check. president bush wants a double barrel of power to go after iraq. the doctrine too brazen? were we warned? and the details on what the c.i.a. and the f.b.i. knew about a possible attack on the world trade center...
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the impact on iraq and the iraquis are rather traumatic. peopling being killed in iraq every day. i was in iraq in july, talking to the prime minister. we discussed syria, and he was very concerned about what could happen, using his own experience, and tell me, the war in iraq energized the jihadists who rushed to iraq to fight. and i think we are likely to see the same in syria if we don't handle it properly. >> host: there's still a globe impact from iraq. >> guest: global impact. >> host: you start with a revealing story about colin powell, who came to you after the invasion, and it looked like americans might be about to find weapons of mass destruction, and mr. powell said to you, with a big smile on his face, you're right, they've made an honest man of me. what did he mean? >> guest: i cannot understand that. i think basically he made the case for weapons of mass destruction in iraq, and for a while we couldn't find anything. and so if they had found it, it was indication that finally, we found something, and it was a more a relief thanking else. >> host: do you think he was
the impact on iraq and the iraquis are rather traumatic. peopling being killed in iraq every day. i was in iraq in july, talking to the prime minister. we discussed syria, and he was very concerned about what could happen, using his own experience, and tell me, the war in iraq energized the jihadists who rushed to iraq to fight. and i think we are likely to see the same in syria if we don't handle it properly. >> host: there's still a globe impact from iraq. >> guest: global impact....
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and that's iraq. it was a very contentious issue and do spend a lot of time writing about it in the book and you reiterate your thoughts that it was not a legitimate war. you write, it if 9/11 change the world the consequences that the iraq war were similarly dramatic magnitude. why did you say that? >> guest: i say that because the iraq war led to major divisions within the international communities and i'm not just talking about the u.n.. i'm talking about its impact on communities and groups in the middle east and beyond and a sense that the world has been broken into groups and some were being targeted or profiled who felt very strongly about this and this is about a bar on which the international committee was divided. the council did not approve it and i firmly believe we should have given the inspectors, the weapons inspectors, more time to do their work in iraq and gotten back with a report to the security council but the council that heads wanted so dam -- saddam said there would be serious c
and that's iraq. it was a very contentious issue and do spend a lot of time writing about it in the book and you reiterate your thoughts that it was not a legitimate war. you write, it if 9/11 change the world the consequences that the iraq war were similarly dramatic magnitude. why did you say that? >> guest: i say that because the iraq war led to major divisions within the international communities and i'm not just talking about the u.n.. i'm talking about its impact on communities and...
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stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t greece's second biggest city thessaloniki has been iraq by protests with some fifteen thousand demonstrators taking a stand against a new wave of punishing budget cuts so far the country's three party coalition governments failed to agree on an austerity package waving banners chanting slogans and even burning in the e.u. flag the event was by and large peaceful as a small army of police officers watched these latest cuts are especially painful to the country's most vulnerable including retirees low income workers and dependents but not everyone is against the cuts e.u. and i.m.f. dead inspectors are in athens to assess how the austerity drive is going and to decide whether the government deserves more bailout cash parties peter all for reports. prime minister antonis samaras has said that he will do everything within his power to make sure the greece remains within the euro zone however he did acknowledge that the cuts it is government to are making were both unfair and painful for the greek people but as unfair and painful as they are he
stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t greece's second biggest city thessaloniki has been iraq by protests with some fifteen thousand demonstrators taking a stand against a new wave of punishing budget cuts so far the country's three party coalition governments failed to agree on an austerity package waving banners chanting slogans and even burning in the e.u. flag the event was by and large peaceful as a small army of police officers watched these latest cuts are especially...
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who think that america american empire should be pursued by which you words such as afghanistan and iraq and god forbid iran that's a real real problem because the same people that are advocating war in iran are exactly the same people who escaped with impunity having advocated as in surely did for the war in iraq it's. bizarre it does seem like the foreign policy strategy has not really ended since the bush administration insists on high nose waving unfortunately have to wrap it up thank you so much for coming on and sharing your most road mcgovern analyst now if you like what you see so far go to our you tube channel at youtube dot com slash breaking the set and subscribe to our new facebook page facebook dot com slash breaking the set now i know the nature of the internet is that hey there's going to be entrails i'm going to troll but if you're the more intelligent mind of feel free to always write me and let me know what you think and if you're wondering about what i'm doing or bitching about when i'm not on air follow me on twitter abby martin now let me take a break from my preachi
who think that america american empire should be pursued by which you words such as afghanistan and iraq and god forbid iran that's a real real problem because the same people that are advocating war in iran are exactly the same people who escaped with impunity having advocated as in surely did for the war in iraq it's. bizarre it does seem like the foreign policy strategy has not really ended since the bush administration insists on high nose waving unfortunately have to wrap it up thank you...
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iraq, turkey, kuwait, and the secretaries general in the u.n. we came to an agreement on political settlement that we needed political transition. we need to define what it meant. that will mean an interim government with full political powers. forces of topknot leadership. that will manage continuity and services so that you don't have chaotic collapse. the moment you begin talking up interim government with full powers -- it has to be before the process. for others, he leaves during the process. and i have thought that they would come to new york and endorse it on the security council. but instead, they got into another acrimonious discussion on the 19th of june and that was that. >> host: you worry that gave them a fig leaf in the process of negotiating, but actually does to carry on killing people? >> that is what some people say. but i believe that the elements of the six-point plan will have to be implemented sooner or later. it was designed to end the violence and ensure that the thousands in prisons would be released. free access to huma
iraq, turkey, kuwait, and the secretaries general in the u.n. we came to an agreement on political settlement that we needed political transition. we need to define what it meant. that will mean an interim government with full political powers. forces of topknot leadership. that will manage continuity and services so that you don't have chaotic collapse. the moment you begin talking up interim government with full powers -- it has to be before the process. for others, he leaves during the...
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meanwhile iraq's vice president has been given the death sentence after a court ruled he was running death squads against the country's security forces and shias. how she me was not in court though he fled to turkey as soon as the charges against him emerged in december ok sparked a political crisis in iraq with other sony politicians branding the prime minister has issued the warrant for a dictator. city and its immediate surroundings have been hit by two tornadoes the severe weather pummeled the u.s. atlantic coast twisters cause power outages and property damage but no injuries reported the storms caused flooding in areas of new england and left thousands without electricity in washington traveling bizzare sprung up in cairo the stalls are manned by some of the biggest american corporations including google coca-cola and lockheed martin it's the largest u.s. trade delegation ever to travel to the arab world the push for new markets comes as washington sweetened the deal with a proposed one billion dollars aid package for cairo egypt's foreign policy has been largely in line with t
meanwhile iraq's vice president has been given the death sentence after a court ruled he was running death squads against the country's security forces and shias. how she me was not in court though he fled to turkey as soon as the charges against him emerged in december ok sparked a political crisis in iraq with other sony politicians branding the prime minister has issued the warrant for a dictator. city and its immediate surroundings have been hit by two tornadoes the severe weather pummeled...
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to turkey soon as the charges against him emerged in december the case sparked a political crisis in iraq with other sunni politicians branding the prime. mr who issued the warrant for a dictator. a peaceful march in chile as capital to memorialize victims of the military dictatorship of a general augusto pinochet and with violence and several arrests dozens of mass protesters barricaded the area surrounding santiago's general cemetery blocking streets and clashing with police officers responded with water cannons and tear gas no injuries were reported. eighty four lease officers were injured during clashes at a kurdish cultural festival in southwest germany the un arrested after a teenager tried to get into the event with a band flag police say used pepper spray as they were pelted with stones and bottles of water the clashes lasted for about two hours and thirty one people had to be detained. barack obama's captivating showing at the democratic national convention appears to be paying off this week new poll numbers give him an edge over republican rival mitt romney but only by a small m
to turkey soon as the charges against him emerged in december the case sparked a political crisis in iraq with other sunni politicians branding the prime. mr who issued the warrant for a dictator. a peaceful march in chile as capital to memorialize victims of the military dictatorship of a general augusto pinochet and with violence and several arrests dozens of mass protesters barricaded the area surrounding santiago's general cemetery blocking streets and clashing with police officers...
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that may leave here to fight in syria will go directly to syria they may stop in turkey or levon on iraq so the government will not be able to really know the. nation there's no real way of telling whether they're actually going to end up in syria there is no way to know. who won them to syria who they'll be liaising with. ideology is necessarily how the ologies and viewpoints point change in syria these are the scenes that could greet them on their return and islamist organization the english defense league is unlikely to take further radicalization of british muslims lying down creating more bad feeling and deeper fissures in an already divided society full weston whose british freedom party is allied to the e.t.l. says militant groups are preparing for a confrontation we're going to get further and further into this horrible situation of them and us and them and us and then you have small scale violence that starts and then. you know i think we literally entering into a religious civil war scenario so far the government's given the syrian opposition eight million dollars for non-letha
that may leave here to fight in syria will go directly to syria they may stop in turkey or levon on iraq so the government will not be able to really know the. nation there's no real way of telling whether they're actually going to end up in syria there is no way to know. who won them to syria who they'll be liaising with. ideology is necessarily how the ologies and viewpoints point change in syria these are the scenes that could greet them on their return and islamist organization the english...
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where were they in the war in iraq? as far as parties go, the democrats control both congress, the senate, and the president to help people passed social security and medicare and food stamps. any port middle-class or working-class person that boats for a republican -- that votes for republicans -- this world would be back with it was in the 1930's. they don't want people to have the minimum wage. \ guest: that was very interesting laying out what is happening in this country. you raise the issue of the minimum wage. the democrats have not been pushing for that to be increased either. this is a very serious issue, the issue of a minimum wage of eight livable wage. -- oh a little -- of a livable. i agree it is not a liberal media in this country. let's go back to the bombing of iraq in 2003. there was a report of the four nightly newscasts. in a two-week period, colin powell pushing for war in the u. n, it was the final nail in the coffin. he had been hesitant about the war. he was very credible when he came out and said
where were they in the war in iraq? as far as parties go, the democrats control both congress, the senate, and the president to help people passed social security and medicare and food stamps. any port middle-class or working-class person that boats for a republican -- that votes for republicans -- this world would be back with it was in the 1930's. they don't want people to have the minimum wage. \ guest: that was very interesting laying out what is happening in this country. you raise the...
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iraq. tops the list this made many of those who voted for him hoping for change left disillusioned in fact what they appear to have voted for was more of the same obama's ratings are now the lowest of any incumbent president since the one nine hundred eighty s. the two major parties are very very much the same on all the important issues when it comes to spending more money than we have engaged in in foreign conflicts that we can't afford the cost of america's overseas military campaigns have contributed to a u.s. national debt that topped sixteen trillion dollars this week while obama's america is running on empty critics say wall street continues to play largely by the same rules that led to the global financial crisis there hasn't been regulation of the banks in a sufficient way and that the main crisis affecting the united states which is to say the financial clutch on the global economy and the corporate stranglehold on the political system hasn't changed at all because president obama
iraq. tops the list this made many of those who voted for him hoping for change left disillusioned in fact what they appear to have voted for was more of the same obama's ratings are now the lowest of any incumbent president since the one nine hundred eighty s. the two major parties are very very much the same on all the important issues when it comes to spending more money than we have engaged in in foreign conflicts that we can't afford the cost of america's overseas military campaigns have...
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troops in iraq received one of these drugs a drug called lariam and it may have prevented many soldiers from getting sick the question tonight is whether or not soldiers were adequately war. and about its rare side effects serious life changing side effects. wealthy british scientists on. the time it was free. markets why not canada. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max conjure for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew.
troops in iraq received one of these drugs a drug called lariam and it may have prevented many soldiers from getting sick the question tonight is whether or not soldiers were adequately war. and about its rare side effects serious life changing side effects. wealthy british scientists on. the time it was free. markets why not canada. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max conjure for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on....
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i came back to the pentagon about six weeks later i saw the same officer i said why why only attack iraq was still going to be said all the stories it's worse than that he said. he pulled up a piece of paper off his desk i just got this memo from the circular defense's office that says we're going to attack and destroy the governments and seven countries in five years we're going to start with iraq and then we're going to move to syria lebanon libya somalia sudan and iran so douglas i mean already you know he's talking about a classified memo that he saw weeks after the invasion of afghanistan i mean do you think i mean your your of political there is you know about game theory i mean is this something that we could possibly plan for a decade plus and that it's just a bad time with an election year and that we will inevitably see an intervention in syria i mean these countries that are going topple that you mention are first of all what wes clark said is true there were discussions at that point in the men we call them neo-cons collectively they were inspired to exploit the enormous adva
i came back to the pentagon about six weeks later i saw the same officer i said why why only attack iraq was still going to be said all the stories it's worse than that he said. he pulled up a piece of paper off his desk i just got this memo from the circular defense's office that says we're going to attack and destroy the governments and seven countries in five years we're going to start with iraq and then we're going to move to syria lebanon libya somalia sudan and iran so douglas i mean...
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world update will start with iraq a wave of blast killed at least thirty four people this according to reports from reuters but the most serious was in a city north of baghdad when gunmen and a suicide bomber attacked a military base killing eleven souls cook a car bomb struck a group of police recruits claiming eight lives and another car bomb exploded outside a french consulate building in the country's south killing a police guard others died in a string of further blasts all across the country at this point no one has claimed responsibility. egypt's armed forces have killed thirty two militants in an ongoing operation against islamists in sinai that's according to officials of the operation was carried out with israeli permission due to the two countries peace treaty which bans heavy weapons in the zone along the border is the most militants have gained a foothold in the sinai area since the overthrow last year of president hosni mubarak a government crackdown began after militants killed sixteen border guards last month. well new york city has been hit by two tornadoes in a span o
world update will start with iraq a wave of blast killed at least thirty four people this according to reports from reuters but the most serious was in a city north of baghdad when gunmen and a suicide bomber attacked a military base killing eleven souls cook a car bomb struck a group of police recruits claiming eight lives and another car bomb exploded outside a french consulate building in the country's south killing a police guard others died in a string of further blasts all across the...
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good also, the weapons of mass destruction were never found in iraq. good his foreign policy centered on going into iraq and getting rid of those weapons of mass destruction was alive. his administration showed remarkable indifference to the plight of most americans. what happened in new orleans and katrina is a good example. mitt romney and the republicans would like to pretend the and ministration did not happen. taking a five trillion $10-year surplus bequeaths to it by the clinton administration and turning into a a giant new deficit and saying to wall street, do whatever you want. we are not going to look at you. he makes the case against mitt romney. that is one of the most important things. and with that kind of cynicism, the special interests to win everything. the only thing we can get our democracy back is if we understand we have got to be active, and it is not just paying taxes and serving on juries and showing up. we have got to be engaged, mobilize, energized. we have got to demand this work for us as ordinary people, as average working a
good also, the weapons of mass destruction were never found in iraq. good his foreign policy centered on going into iraq and getting rid of those weapons of mass destruction was alive. his administration showed remarkable indifference to the plight of most americans. what happened in new orleans and katrina is a good example. mitt romney and the republicans would like to pretend the and ministration did not happen. taking a five trillion $10-year surplus bequeaths to it by the clinton...
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the second phase is iraq. there is some indication and i don't have the conclusions but some of the stands are actually may and i have said may have come in from come from iraq is that right if that may be the case and that's when some tough decisions are going to be they and tough decisions were made weren't they mccain ok so the bush administration knew that the anthrax attacks were an inside job at this point and that the strain could have only come from their bases but they never held a private public press conference apologizing to the american people for promoting such a dangerously false narrative about muslim terrorists being responsible and even worse that saddam hussein was somehow involved so who was responsible well for years up to. the anthrax attacks the f.b.i.'s main suspect was steven hatfill a member of the government that helped develop a biological weapons facility at fort dietrich maryland but instead of pursuing a criminal investigation based on actual evidence against him then the i began
the second phase is iraq. there is some indication and i don't have the conclusions but some of the stands are actually may and i have said may have come in from come from iraq is that right if that may be the case and that's when some tough decisions are going to be they and tough decisions were made weren't they mccain ok so the bush administration knew that the anthrax attacks were an inside job at this point and that the strain could have only come from their bases but they never held a...
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so while the world's attention is being turned away from iraq al qaeda in iraq has been gaining strength, gaining momentum and it's been pouring across the syrian border. the exact opposite of what was happening when iraq, when the violence there was at its worse and people were going, you know, the violence is going the other way, now it's coming from syria into iraq again. and of course you know, many u.s. officials agree that what they rarely did in iraq was hand the country on a silver plate to iran. it's not just what the allies will do. it's the level of power and influence that iran yields in iraq today. that was a gift from the united states. >> al qaeda has mutated its change. the nature of the jihad, the holy war defined by osama bin laden has changed. his idea of the holy war was the battle against the far enemy, against the wednesday, against the united states. now jihad is mostly local like politicsment so you have al qaeda in nigeria, you have al qaeda in somalia, in syria, they are fightsing local causes. they've got sort of narrow local interests they are pushing, doing t
so while the world's attention is being turned away from iraq al qaeda in iraq has been gaining strength, gaining momentum and it's been pouring across the syrian border. the exact opposite of what was happening when iraq, when the violence there was at its worse and people were going, you know, the violence is going the other way, now it's coming from syria into iraq again. and of course you know, many u.s. officials agree that what they rarely did in iraq was hand the country on a silver...
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even when this intelligence came in, he said, no, we ought to be attacking iraq. what did you make looking at it? cheney was the intelligence guy in the white house, between bush and the cia guys. he was cutting it off and refining it and using it his way. what did you think of cheney's role in all of this? >> cheney was obviously instrumental, chris. and the administration was driven, i think, from the time it came into office by a very ideological agenda around getti getting saddam hussein and f finishing the work with the neocons and that work, considered the unfinished work from 1991, to get saddam hussein and find a pretense to do it. they were ideologically blinded to what the reality was in these warnings. at best, in curious, about pursuing the hints that were dropped. >> let's take a look at condoleezza rice, who i actually like personally. here she is saying something i'm afraid is always going to be on her record book. here she is testifying before the 9/11 commission. she was quizzed about how much information she discussed with president bush about th
even when this intelligence came in, he said, no, we ought to be attacking iraq. what did you make looking at it? cheney was the intelligence guy in the white house, between bush and the cia guys. he was cutting it off and refining it and using it his way. what did you think of cheney's role in all of this? >> cheney was obviously instrumental, chris. and the administration was driven, i think, from the time it came into office by a very ideological agenda around getti getting saddam...
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we ought to be attacking iraq. so what did you make of that looking at it. of course, he was always the intelligence guy in the white house. he was between bush and the cia guys guys. he was using it his way. what did you think of cheney's role? >> cheney was instrumental and the administration was driven, i think, from the time it came into office by an ideal logical agenda that was based around getting get ing saddam hussein and that movement. considered the unfinished work from 1991 to go in and get saddam hussein. so they were ideologically blinded to what the reality was here in these warnings. and at best in curious about pursuing the hints that were dropped. >> let's take a look at condoleeza rice, who i like personally. but she's saying something i'm afraid that's going to be on her record book. she's testifying before the 9/11 commission. she was quizzed about how much information she discussed with president bush about the likelihood of an attack coming. this is before 9/11. let's watch. >> i really don't remember commissioner whether i discussed t
we ought to be attacking iraq. so what did you make of that looking at it. of course, he was always the intelligence guy in the white house. he was between bush and the cia guys guys. he was using it his way. what did you think of cheney's role? >> cheney was instrumental and the administration was driven, i think, from the time it came into office by an ideal logical agenda that was based around getting get ing saddam hussein and that movement. considered the unfinished work from 1991 to...
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world update will start in iraq where a spate of attacks basically hit at least eleven iraqi cities at this point killing at least forty four and one car bomb targeted police recruits lining up for a job at a company's office in the northern city of cook outside the capital ten soldiers were killed in a dorm ambush other car bombings hit cities from the southern port of basra to the northwest border with syria at this point nobody has claimed responsibility for all of these attacks. new york city and its immediate surroundings have been hit by two tornadoes as severe weather pummeled the u.s. atlantic coast the twisters caused power outages and property damage but no injuries were reported but the storms caused flooding in areas of new england and left thousands without electricity further to the south in washington. all right back with a recap of the top stories of today and of the week with the weekly in just a moment. wealthy british scientists on roads and sometimes. markets finance scandals find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the gl
world update will start in iraq where a spate of attacks basically hit at least eleven iraqi cities at this point killing at least forty four and one car bomb targeted police recruits lining up for a job at a company's office in the northern city of cook outside the capital ten soldiers were killed in a dorm ambush other car bombings hit cities from the southern port of basra to the northwest border with syria at this point nobody has claimed responsibility for all of these attacks. new york...
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and the german chancellor angela merkel is in madrid for a summit with the spanish leader money on iraq oil shocks a pair of french economists believes that the e.c.b. his plan to buy up government bonds ignores the big picture and would achieve nothing. the european central bank will buy. the same time we resell private corporate bonds it's called civilization not to increase global liquidity on the market as a result effect of this strategy all to be short lived i don't expect this kind of anti christ plan to work more than three to four months he didn't address the main crisis of the eurozone crisis is not a crisis of the debt it's a competition to krises and by the way it's as a deep freeze of growth the collapse of growth we have in a lot of eurozone kountry and fawns that is not addressing the real crisis so far as the situation of greece but also of portugal spain and probably italy is going from bad to worse we have just listen in today as that. an employment rate in greece went to twenty four per cent it's already over twenty four posts and in spain it is growing very fast in p
and the german chancellor angela merkel is in madrid for a summit with the spanish leader money on iraq oil shocks a pair of french economists believes that the e.c.b. his plan to buy up government bonds ignores the big picture and would achieve nothing. the european central bank will buy. the same time we resell private corporate bonds it's called civilization not to increase global liquidity on the market as a result effect of this strategy all to be short lived i don't expect this kind of...
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is continuing to make these weapons we know that iraq has at least seven of these mobile biological agent factories. yeah all those mobile weapons labs that just didn't exist tom yep it was the anthrax attacks that really tied saddam to nine eleven laying out the justification for a preemptive invasion of the country also a.b.c. news reported that anonymous high level government sources were saying that the bentonite in the anthrax directly tied to saddam's mobile weapons labs and john mccain went on david letterman to ratchet up the fear and further perpetuate that lie. the second phase is right. there is some indication and i don't have the conclusions but some of the stands are actually they might show you may have come from come from the right was it really you said made the case that when tough decisions are going to be made and tough decisions were made weren't they mccain ok so the bush administration knew that the anthrax attacks were an inside job at this point and that the strain could have only come from their bases but they never had a problem public press conference apo
is continuing to make these weapons we know that iraq has at least seven of these mobile biological agent factories. yeah all those mobile weapons labs that just didn't exist tom yep it was the anthrax attacks that really tied saddam to nine eleven laying out the justification for a preemptive invasion of the country also a.b.c. news reported that anonymous high level government sources were saying that the bentonite in the anthrax directly tied to saddam's mobile weapons labs and john mccain...
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as a state senator he spoke about against the invasion of iraq saying he was not against all war but he was against that war. he was never against the afghanistan war. when he became president he quickly made clear that he would keep his commitment to end the war in iraq and he made clear the war in afghanistan would grow. at the end of his first year in office he announced a surge of tens of thousands of troops into afghanistan putting more americans there than george w. bush did. the president insisted the surge would not last forever. he said that surge in troop numbers had to be over by roughly now, by the end of september 2012. a little before the enof the month the pentagon has announced the surge into afghanistan is over. there had been as many as 100,000 americans on the ground. now it's down to 68,000 which is still a huge number especially when you consider how little political attention those 68,000 americans get. our ongoing war in afghanistan is not much of an issue because one of the two sides doesn't want to talk about it at all. the war mr. romney said did not come up
as a state senator he spoke about against the invasion of iraq saying he was not against all war but he was against that war. he was never against the afghanistan war. when he became president he quickly made clear that he would keep his commitment to end the war in iraq and he made clear the war in afghanistan would grow. at the end of his first year in office he announced a surge of tens of thousands of troops into afghanistan putting more americans there than george w. bush did. the...
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in two thousand and eight for iraq obama turned us politics into something of a pop culture phenomenon we meet at one of those defining moments. a moment when our nation is at war our economy is in turmoil the democratic presidential candidate accepted his party's nomination valiant to rebuild america's moral standing and break from the policies of his predecessor the failure to respond is a direct result of a broken politics in washington and the failed policies of george w. bush four years after change occupied the white house america is still at war twenty three million citizens are unemployed and most of the national security policies cemented by george w. bush continue unabated or have been expanding the coded fixation of what were illicit abuses under bush imprisonment without trial spying without warrants we've now replaced imprisonment and torture largely with assassination which is actually not a moral improvement under obama's leadership guantanamo bay remains open the patriot act has been renewed warrantless wiretapping extended but cia black sites have closed targeted killi
in two thousand and eight for iraq obama turned us politics into something of a pop culture phenomenon we meet at one of those defining moments. a moment when our nation is at war our economy is in turmoil the democratic presidential candidate accepted his party's nomination valiant to rebuild america's moral standing and break from the policies of his predecessor the failure to respond is a direct result of a broken politics in washington and the failed policies of george w. bush four years...
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or into the all the world of that we go we will start with iraq wave of. cities across the country. sixty wounded more than two hundred at the latest two blasts at the city of amara claiming the lives of sixteen no immediate claim of responsibility but sunni insurgents and al qaida have launched a series of major attacks this year in an attempt to ultimately undermine the government and stoke sectarian tensions. forces have killed thirty two militants in an ongoing operation against islamists in the sinai this according to officials the operation was carried out with israeli punished due to the two countries peace treaty that bans heavy weapons in the zone along the border as long as the militants have gained a foothold in the sinai area since the overthrowing last year of president hosni mubarak and the government crackdown began after militants killed sixteen border guards last month. over the rather dramatic pictures over two tornadoes that hit parts of new york in the space of just ten minutes he was told in the air and power knocked out in certain areas as you can see the video
or into the all the world of that we go we will start with iraq wave of. cities across the country. sixty wounded more than two hundred at the latest two blasts at the city of amara claiming the lives of sixteen no immediate claim of responsibility but sunni insurgents and al qaida have launched a series of major attacks this year in an attempt to ultimately undermine the government and stoke sectarian tensions. forces have killed thirty two militants in an ongoing operation against islamists...
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in iraq. or in a just a minute on the show with the business for now though police some of clashed with protesters venting their anger at jail sentences given to prominent opposition figures security forces used tear gas and shotguns to disperse the crowds a seriously wounding one of the demonstrators at least on tuesday the country's civilian court upheld the sentences of thirteen leading activists found guilty of allegedly plotting to overthrow the government protesters want an end to discrimination by sunni rulers and more democracy movement started early last year when police crackdowns claimed around eighty lives thousands of others were injured and many dozens arrested. asia times correspondent pepe escobar says the gulf monarchies have managed to convince the us that iran is behind the protests. the protests in bahrain which are absolutely legitimate it's the keys of a shiite majority seventy percent of the country protesting because they are treated as second or third rate citizens in
in iraq. or in a just a minute on the show with the business for now though police some of clashed with protesters venting their anger at jail sentences given to prominent opposition figures security forces used tear gas and shotguns to disperse the crowds a seriously wounding one of the demonstrators at least on tuesday the country's civilian court upheld the sentences of thirteen leading activists found guilty of allegedly plotting to overthrow the government protesters want an end to...
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we're going to start with iraq and then we're going to move to syria lebanon libya somalia sudan and iran so douglas i mean already you know he's talking about a classified memo that he saw weeks after the invasion of afghanistan i mean do you think i mean your your of political there is you know about game theory i mean is this something that we could possibly be plan for a decade plus and that it's just a bad time with an election year and that we will inevitably see an intervention in syria i mean these countries are going toppled but that you mention are first of all what wes clark said is true there were discussions at that point in the men we call them neo cons collectively they were inspired to exploit the enormous advantage we had military power to effectively topple these regimes but it didn't happen it didn't happen largely because a wreck went very badly and ultimately one of the regimes they wanted to topple which was the iranian one is now the dominant force in iraq so while that's interesting right now it's completely irrelevant and there's absolutely no danger of us em
we're going to start with iraq and then we're going to move to syria lebanon libya somalia sudan and iran so douglas i mean already you know he's talking about a classified memo that he saw weeks after the invasion of afghanistan i mean do you think i mean your your of political there is you know about game theory i mean is this something that we could possibly be plan for a decade plus and that it's just a bad time with an election year and that we will inevitably see an intervention in syria...
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is a new instrument starting in iraq. since the integration of intelligence and operations is remarkable what has now been achieved and general jones on this, is an opportunity we made in places like yemen and somalian deal with the terrorist challenge without having to do the kind of things we did in afghanistan and iraq but through a combination of intelligence, intelligence sharing with the local government and strengthening local security forces and law enforcement leaders will helping local governments get legitimacy among their people, sharing intelligence with them and doing some operations through remote vehicles, special operations forces, there may be a way to keep the country safe using these different set of tools in places like yemen and somalian and the like and that is an evolution in the strategy of how we deal with these problems militarily but back to general jones, he was the guy in the hot seat after i left. >> in a perfect world you would like to have all of your allies agree with what you do and give
is a new instrument starting in iraq. since the integration of intelligence and operations is remarkable what has now been achieved and general jones on this, is an opportunity we made in places like yemen and somalian deal with the terrorist challenge without having to do the kind of things we did in afghanistan and iraq but through a combination of intelligence, intelligence sharing with the local government and strengthening local security forces and law enforcement leaders will helping...